| Name: | Rinkite-(Ce) Rin-Ce |
| IMA Chemistry: | (Ca3REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F2 |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Rinkite-(Ce) contains elements: Calcium (Ca) (REE) Sodium (Na) Titanium (Ti) Silicon (Si) Oxygen (O) Fluorine (F) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Denmark (Greenland) |
| Year First Published: | 1884 |
| IMA Status: | Approved,Redefined |
| Status Notes: | Lorenzen J (1884) Untersuchung einiger Mineralien aus Kangerdluarsuk in Grönland. Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie 9, 243-254 Rinkite is invalidated and assumed to be identical with mosandrite: Fleischer M (1958) New mineral names, American Mineralogist 43, 790-798 Revalidated as a mineral IMA2009-C: Bellezza M, Merlino S, Perchiazzi N (2009) Mosandrite: Structural and crystal-chemical relationships with rinkite, The Canadian Mineralogist 47, 897-908 Chemical formula revised: Cámara F, Sokolova E, Hawthorne F C (2011) From structure topology to chemical composition. XII. Titanium silicates: the crystal chemistry of rinkite, Na2Ca4REETi(Si2O7)2OF3, Mineralogical Magazine 75, 2755-2774 Name changed from rinkite: Sokolova E, Cámara F (2017) The seidozerite supergroup of TS-block minerals: nomenclature and classification, with change of the following names: rinkite to rinkite-(Ce), mosandrite to mosandrite-(Ce), hainite to hainite-(Y) and innelite-1T to innelite-1A. Mineralogical Magazine 81, 1457-1487 |
| Structural Group Name: | Seidozerite-Rinkite |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | |
| Crystal Systems: | monoclinic |
| Oldest Known Age: | 2500 Million Years Ago |
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